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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2010

From the President’s Desk

Dear friends,

This Fall PBS39 will take you...into the ballpark,the american songbook,the scene of the crime,the edge of controversy.

Thousands of bats, three home runrecords, and one “curse” have been bro-ken since Ken Burns last explored the his-tory of BASEBALL. Now Burns andco-director Lynn Novick continue the se-ries with “THE TENTH INNING,” with twonew episodes that celebrate the institu-tion of baseball. Series begins September28th at 8:00pm.

Find a blend of cultural history, intimatebiography and musical performance in“Michael Feinstein’s American Songbook.”This three-part documentary style road-trip, begins Wednesdays, Oct 6, 13, and 20,and follows the history of American popu-lar song.

Explore the intersection of political strug-gle and spiritual experiences in the livesof key American historical figures in thethree-part presentation of “God In Amer-ica,” beginning Monday, October 11 - 13 at9:00pm.

And Kenneth Branagh returns, in threenew episodes, as detective Kurt Wallanderin Masterpiece Mystery’s Wallander, SeriesII, Sundays at 9:00pm.

There’s so much more to come! Staytuned in for the new season of the pro-grams you love on PBS39.

Best regards,

Patricia C. Simon

President & CEO, PBS39

SEPT.10:30 Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee

and the Spirit of the Rural StudioIn 1993, the late architect andMacArthur “genius” started theRural Studio, a design/build pro-gram in which students create strik-ing architecture for impoverishedcommunities in rural Alabama.

4 SATURDAY8:00 Keeping Up Appearances9:00 As Time Goes By10:00 Are You Being Served?11:00 Waiting For God12:00 Austin City Limits: Sharon Jones

and the Dap Kings / CarolynWonderland

5 SUNDAY8:00 NATURE: Drakensberg: Barrier of

the Spears9:00 Masterpiece MYSTERY: Inspector

Lewis Series III: The Dead ofWinter The discovery of a body onan Oxford bus leads Lewis (Kevin

Whately) and Hathaway (LaurenceFox) to a sprawling Oxford estatewhere Hathaway spent much of hischildhood.

10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe11:00 Eastenders

6 MONDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Jackpot!9:00 History Detectives: Chicago Clock,

Universal Friends, War Dog Letter10:00 Make No Little Plans: Daniel

Burnham and the American CityHe built some of the first skyscrap-ers in the world; directed construc-tion of the World’s ColumbianExposition that helped inspire theCity Beautiful Movement in townsacross America, all before the mod-ern profession of urban planningexisted.

7 TUESDAY - 18 SATURDAYPBS39 SPECIAL PROGRAMMING

12 SUNDAY9:00 Masterpiece MYSTERY: Inspector

Lewis Series III: Dark MatterWhen the Master of GreshamCollege is found dead, Lewis andHathaway find that the finger ofsuspicion points at the staff.


19 SUNDAY9:00 Masterpiece MYSTERY: Inspector

Lewis Series III: Your SuddenDeath QuestionLewis and Hathaway investigatethe murder of a quiz competitioncontestant.


20 MONDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Honolulu, HI

(hour 2)An archive of correspondencesigned by Queen Victoria, KingKamehameha and PrincessKailani; a gold Victorian cuffbracelet; a rare painting of HiloHarbor by lawyer, legislator andamateur painter Joseph Nawahi.

9:00 Lafayette: The Lost HeroDocumentary chronicles the life andlegend of Marie-Joseph Paul Yves

Roch Gilbert du Motier, the Marquisde Lafayette — an intriguing, neg-lected, and controversial figure.

10:00 American Masters: Cachao:Uno MasCachao’s remarkable life from hischildhood in Cuba, to his earlycareer in America, to his resurgencein the 1990s.

Weeknights on PBS39 6:00pm PBS Newshour 7:00pmNightly Business Report 7:30pm/11:00pm Tempo Signature Series

1 WEDNESDAY8:00 Great Performances: Renee

Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky:A Musical Odyssey in St. Petersburg

9:30 Thirteenth Van Cliburn Interna-tional Piano Competition:A Surprise In TexasA behind-the-scenes experience ofthe most prestigious piano contestin the world.

2 THURSDAY8:00 Globe Trekker: Malawi and Zambia9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Milwaukee, WI

(hour 3) A Persian rug the ownerused to cover furniture in the rain;a stained glass figurine commis-sioned for the owner of horse racinglegend Dan Patch; two milestonegame baseballs autographed by Mil-waukee Braves legend WarrenSpahn.

10:00 Masterpiece CLASSIC: Little Dorrit(part4 of 5)

3 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 Need To Know9:30 Huddle Up Nittany Lion Fans

Sports enthusiasts and journalistsfrom the region discuss Penn Statefootball with WPSU’s Kellie Good-man. The program features game

highlights and soundbites from headcoach Joe Paterno and studentathletes from the Nittany Lion foot-ball team.

Sept.

21 TUESDAY8:00 NOVA: What Darwin Never Knew10:00 Voces: Celia The Queen

This touching documentary paystribute to the work of Celia Cruzwho brought the sound of salsa tothe whole world.

22 WEDNESDAY8:00 Secrets of the Dead: Irish Escape

It has been called the most outra-geous escape story in the history ofthe high seas.

9:00 Live From Lincoln CenterNew York Philharmonic OpeningNight 2010Featuring music director AlanGilbert conducting the U.S. pre-miere of Jazz Symphony, WyntonMarsalis’ new work for the Jazz atLincoln Center Orchestra and thePhilharmonic.

23 THURSDAY8:00 Globe Trekker: Food Hour -

Scandinavia9:00 Antiques Roadshow:

Honolulu, HI (hour 3)10:00 Masterpiece CLASSIC: Little Dorrit

(part 5 of 5)

24 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 Need to Know9:30 Huddle Up Nittany Lion Fans

25 SATURDAY8:00 See September 4 Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Them Crooked

Vultures

26 SUNDAY8:00 NATURE: Cuba: The Accidental Eden

This small island’s varied landscape, itslocation in the heart of the Caribbeanhave all combined to preserve some of

the richest and most unusual naturalenvironments of the hemisphere.

9:00 Masterpiece MYSTERY: InspectorLewis Series III: Falling DarknessWhen two murders share a link withtheir own Doctor Hobson (ClareHolman), Lewis and Hathaway tryto clear her name.


27 MONDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Unique Antiques9:00 When Worlds Collide

This documentary illuminates theorigins of today’s Latino culturethrough the largely untold story ofthe Americas after Columbus.

10:30 PBS Previews: CircusHit the road with CIRCUS, a newsix-hour series, and take an unfor-gettable trip from the big top to the

“back lot” with the diverse charac-ters who make up the legendary BigApple Circus. Coming in November.

28 TUESDAY8:00 Baseball: The Tenth Inning

In 1994, the national pastime facesits worst crisis in 70 years when aprolonged and bitter strike alien-ates many of the most loyal fans.Baseball has to rebuild. And rebuildit does, with new stadiums, an infu-sion of new players from LatinAmerica and the shattering of his-toric records previously consideredunbreakable. (part 1 of 2)Repeats at 10:00

29 WEDNESDAY8:00 Baseball: The Tenth Inning

A new generation of pitchers andinternational players dominates thegame, the Red Sox break an 86-year-old “curse” by winning theWorld Series and Barry Bonds,under the looming specter ofsteroids, closes in on a historicrecord. (part 2 of 2) Repeats at 10:00

30 THURSDAY8:00 Globe Trekker: El Salvador and Honduras9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Unique Antiques10:00 Masterpiece CLASSIC: Casanova

A legendary lover romances his wayacross eighteenth-century Europe inthe rollicking retelling of the life ofCasanova, with Peter O'Toole as thechampion seducer in his goldenyears and David Tennant as Casa-nova in his frisky prime. (part 1 of 2)

Sept.

10 SUNDAY8:00 NATURE: The Wolf That Changed

America9:00 Masterpiece MYSTERY!: Wallander

Series II: The Man Who Smiled10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe11:00 Eastenders

11 MONDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Philadelphia, PA

(hour 3)9:00 God In America: A New Adam /

A New EdenThe first hour explores the origins ofAmerica’s unique religious landscape—how the New World challenged and changed the faiths thefirst European settlers brought withthem. Hour two considers the beginnings of America’s experiment in re-ligious liberty.

12 TUESDAY8:00 NOVA: Secrets of the Parthenon9:00 God In America: Rebirth / A New

Light From AboveHour three looks at how religious belief shaped the origins of the CivilWar and President Abraham Lin-coln’s actions during the conflict.Hour four explores the intellectualand cultural conflicts between traditional religious beliefs and the forcesof modernity.

13 WEDNESDAY8:00 Michael Feinsteins American

Songbook: Best Band In The Land9:00 God In America: Soul of A Nation /

Of God And CaesarHour five considers a contradictionat the heart of the post-war era.Hour six explores the political aspira-tions of the religious right, the dy-namics of the contemporary reli-gious marketplace, and the re-emer-gence of a religious voice in theDemocratic Party.

14 THURSDAY8:00 Globe Trekker: Madrid City Guide9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Philadelphia, PA

(hour 3)10:00 Masterpiece CLASSIC: Oliver Twist

(part 1 of 2)

1 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 Need to Know9:30 Huddle Up Nittany Lion Fans

2 SATURDAY8:00 Keeping Up Appearances9:00 As TIme Goes By10:00 Are You Being Served?11:00 Waiting For God12:00 Austin City Limits: Jimmy Cliff

3 SUNDAY8:00 NATURE: Black Mamba9:00 Masterpiece MYSTERY! Wallander

Series II: Faceless KillersKenneth Branagh returns to his re-

markable Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated role as the soul-searchingSwedish cop created by bestsellingnovelist Henning Mankell.


4 MONDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Philadelphia, PA

(hour 2)9:00 American Masters: A Letter to Elia

Kazan was to be recognized with anhonorary Academy Award for lifetime achievement, an honor that di-vided Hollywood and fueled socialcommentary across the country.

10:30 American Horizons: The Photo-graphs of Art SinsabaughFrom his early midwest prairies tothe majestic southwest work of hislast years, his remarkable photo-graphs capture a richly nuanced

sense of place and the ever-chang-ing face of the American environ-ment.

5 TUESDAY8:00 NOVA: Astrospies9:00 Secrets of the Dead: Aztec Massacre10:00 P.O.V.: The Most Dangerous Man In

America: Daniel Ellsberg and thePentagon Papers

6 WEDNESDAY8:00 Michael Feinsteins American

Songbook: Putting On The Tail FinsChronicles Feinstein’s lifelong mis-sion to keep the Great AmericanSongbook alive, as he preserves andpasses along the lyrics and melodiesof songwriters like George and IraGershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin,and Rodgers and Hart.

9:00 Great Performances: MacBethStarring Sir Patrick Stewart and KateFleetwood; reprise their Tony-nomi-nated performances, with this edgy,gripping production relocates thebloody action of Shakespeare’stragedy to a nameless 20th-centurynetherworld.

7 THURSDAY8:00 Globe Trekker: Central America9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Philadelphia, PA

(hour 2)10:00 Masterpiece CLASSIC: Casanova

(part 2 of 2)

8 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 Need to Know9:30 Conquistadors With Michael Woods

The Fall of the Aztecs / The Fall ofThe Incas

9 SATURDAY8:00 See October 2nd Line Up12:00 Austin City Limits: Spoon

OCT.

15 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 Need to Know9:30 Conquistadors With Michael Woods

The Search For El Dorado / All TheWorld Is Human

16 SATURDAY8:00 See October 2nd Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Patty Griffin &

Friends

17 SUNDAY8:00 NATURE: Echo: An Elephant To

Remember9:00 Masterpiece MYSTERY!: Wallander

Series II The Fifth Woman10:30 Rick Steves’ Europe11:00 Eastenders

18 MONDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Tucson, AZ (hr. 2)9:00 We Shall Remain: American Experi-

ence: After The MayflowerThe series establishes Native historyas an essential part of American his-

tory, telling five heart-breaking yetinspiring stories that highlight Nativeingenuity and resilience over thecourse of 300 years.

10:30 PBS Previews: CIRCUS

19 TUESDAY8:00 NOVA: Building The Great

CathedralsTake a dazzling new architecturaljourney inside the majestic marvelsand jewels of Gothic architecture.Learn the secrets that medievelcathedral builders used to erect theirtowering, glass-filled walls.

9:00 Colosseum: Rome’s Arena of Death10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

20 WEDNESDAY8:00 Michael Feinsteins American Song-

book: A New Step Every Day9:00 In Performance At The White House

A Broadway Celebration10:00 Pompeii: The Last Day

21 THURSDAY8:00 Globe Trekker: Food Hour: Mexico9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Tucson, AZ (hr. 2)10:00 Masterpiece CLASSIC: Oliver Twist

(part 2 of 2)

22 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 Need to Know9:30 Colosseum: Rome’s Arena of Death

23 SATURDAY8:00 See October 2nd Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Alejandro Es-

covedo / Trombone Shorty

24 SUNDAY8:00 NATURE: A Murder of Crows9:00 Masterpiece MYSTERY!: Sherlock: A

Study In PinkSherlock Holmes stalks again in athrilling contemporary version of theArthur Conan Doyle classic, starringBenedict Cumberbatch (The LastEnemy) as the go-to consulting de-tective in modern-day London, with

Martin Freeman (The Office UK) ashis loyal friend, Dr. John Watson.A Study in Pink - When an unidenti-fied woman, dressed all in pink, turnsup murdered in an abandoned build-ing, Sherlock must use the science ofdeduction to catch the killer.

25 MONDAY8:00 Antiques Roadshow: Tucson, AZ (hr. 3)9:00 We Shall Remain: American Exper-

ience: Tecumseh’s Vision

26 TUESDAY8:00 NOVA: Crash of Flight 4479:00 Mike Douglas-Moments And Memories10:00 FRONTLINE: TBA

27 WEDNESDAY8:00 Secrets of the Dead: Herculaneum

Uncovered9:00 Great Performances: The Chicago

Symphony Orchestra: Riccardo MutiInauguralThis fall, the big news in classical

music is Riccardo Muti’s arrival as the10th music director of the renownedChicago Symphony Orchestra.

10:30 Telling Amy’s StoryHosted by actress and advocateMariska Hargitay, and told by Detec-tive Deirdri Fishel, Telling Amy’s

Story follows the timeline of adomestic violence homicide that oc-curred on November 8, 2001.

28 THURSDAY8:00 Globe Trekker: Utah and Colorado9:00 Antiques Roadshow: Tucson, AZ

(hour 3)10:00 Masterpiece MYSTERY!: Sherlock:

A Study in Pink (Repeat)

29 FRIDAY8:00 Washington Week8:30 Need to Know9:30 Bob Hope: America’s Brightest Star10:30 Mike Douglas: Moments and Memories

30 SATURDAY8:00 See October 2nd Lineup12:00 Austin City Limits: Robert Earl Keen/

Hayes Carll

31 SUNDAY8:00 NATURE: Invasion of the Giant Pythons9:00 Masterpiece MYSTERY!: Sherlock:

The Blind BankerWhen a banker is found dead insidehis locked apartment, Sherlock andWatson must follow the clues thatlead to an underground crime gang.But who is the leader pulling thestrings?


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